Android/iOS: Alongside Windows 8.1, Microsoft released its Remote Desktop application today for both Android and iOS. This makes it easy to control your Windows desktop from your Android or iOS device.

Wouldn't it be nice if your Windows programs would all update themselves in the background, without you having to manually download every ding dong update that comes along? There are a lot of programs that will monitor updates for you, but the best we've found is Ninite Updater. Here's why.

iOS: Snapchat, the app that sends disposable messages, just got its first dumpster diver. SnapHack takes those once ephemeral photos and videos and removes the self-destruct timer so you can save them forever.

Windows: Shortcuts on your desktop (or anywhere else) are usually indicated by that little arrow in the bottom-left corner of the icon. It’s a tad ugly and a new tool called Windows Shortcut Arrow Editor lets you remove it, change it to the old XP style, or customize it with your own arrow.

iOS: Most personal finance apps are complex affairs with tons of graphs, options, and various ways to tally up your income. Level Money takes an opposite approach and simplifies your finances into just a few bubbles.

Android: Agent is a combination automation tool and personal assistant that will silence your phone during meetings, remember where you parked, auto-respond to texts and phone calls while you're driving, and more, all so you don't have to.

Win/OS X/Linux: It's been years since f.lux,one of our favorite tools to protect your eyes, picked up a major update, but this new version is out of beta. It adds features like warmth as low at 2700/1200K, a "movie mode" that's warm but won't sacrifice shadows and detail, new hotkeys for manual control, and more.

Chrome: Email isn’t the only place you find someone’s contact information. It might be on LinkedIn, their personal website or anywhere else on the web. WriteThat.Name grabs that contact info from anywhere on the web and puts it into your address book.